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Ubangi-Shari had a similar concession system as the Congo Free State and similar atrocities were also committed there. French author and Nobel laureate André Gide travelled to Ubangi-Shari and was told by inhabitants about atrocities including mutilations, dismemberments, executions, the burning of children, and villagers being forcibly bound to large beams and made to walk until dropping ...
A map of Ubangi-Shari c. 1910 showing the location of Ft. de Possel in the southwestern corner of the colony.. Fort de Possel (French: Fort-de-Possel) was a French garrison and settlement in central Africa which served as the capital of Ubangi-Shari from February 11 to December 11 in 1906. [1]
The party, which was initially intended to work as a political movement, was founded by Barthélemy Boganda in Bangui, Ubangi-Shari (later known as the Central African Republic) on 28 September 1949, to connect "all the Blacks of the world" [1] and "to promote the political, economic and social evolution of black Africa, to break down the barriers of tribalism and racism, to replace the ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 21 October 1945 as part of the wider French constitutional referendum. Both questions were approved by large margins. Voter turnout was 68%. [1]
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 21 October 1945. The territories elected two seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges. René Malbrant was elected from the first college and Guy Baucheron de Boissoudy in the second, [1] both of whom were members of the Chadian Democratic Union.
The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.
Roger Léon Charles Guérillot (12th of November 1904 – 31st of October 1971) was a French colonist of Ubangi-Shari who was involved in the process of independence by which it became the Central African Republic.
Upon completing his studies at Colonial School, he went back to Ubangi-Shari and served as district chief in Mongoumba (28 August 1958 - 23 February 1959) and Batangafo (28 February 1959 – 29 June 1959). [3] [1] [4] Afterward, Gallin-Douathé was designated as administrative affairs inspector on 10 July 1959. [3]